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Tesla Cybertruck owners have reported on social media that their vehicles have recently received Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v13.2.4. The update provides a number of refinements to the all-electric pickup truck’s FSD (Supervised) system. FSD (Supervised) v13.2.4: FSD 13.2.4 rolling out now for Cybertruck! pic.twitter.com/yLBxyzwyO2— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) January 12, 2025 The Cybertruck’s latest FSD (Supervised) version was part of the vehicle’s 2024.45.25.15 update.As per the update’s release notes:FSD (Supervised) v13 upgrades every part of the end-to-end driving network.Includes:36 Hz, full-resolution Al4 video inputsNative Al4 inputs and neural network architectures4.2x data scaling5x training compute scaling (enabled by the Cortex cluster)Reduced…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Top Democrats on two congressional committees are raising concerns about conflicts of interest between a government organization led by Elon Musk and two agencies he does business with.Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent a letter Feb. 6 to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy after Duffy announced on social media Feb. 5 that he had contacted the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and that they “are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.”DOGE is not a government department but instead a rebranding of the U.S. Digital Service, which…

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Neuralink Corp., Elon Musk’s brain-computer company, said surgery for its second implant in a human “went well” and the patient is now able to design 3D objects and play video games like Counter-Strike 2.The procedure also appears to have successfully averted an issue that dogged the experience of the first patient, Noland Arbaugh, who had the unexpected complication of electrode threads retracting from his brain. “To reduce the probability of thread retraction in our second participant, we implemented a number of mitigations, including reducing brain motion during the surgery and reducing the gap between the implant and the surface of the…

The Boring Company is arguably Elon Musk’s most underrated venture today, but the startup seems to be hitting some milestones as of late. This was hinted at by the Boring Company on social media when it shared a video of its tunnel boring machine (TBM), Prufrock-3, completing a tunnel in Las Vegas. As per the Boring Company, Prufrock-3 completed its first tunnel in Las Vegas just 12 weeks after it completed the Cybertunnel in the Giga Texas complex. “Prufrock-3 Breakthrough! 12 weeks after completing the Cybertunnel at Giga Texas, Prufrock-3 has completed its first tunnel in Las Vegas! Next Prufrock-3…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. A newly released video analysis by crypto commentator asif.eth (@asifeth) makes the case that Dogecoin is currently trading at what he calls a heavily undervalued level. He offered an explanation of why he believes the coin’s ongoing correction may have just concluded—a process he interpreted through an Elliott Wave lens and, more specifically, an ABC corrective pattern. Has Dogecoin Finished Its ABC Correction? In his discussion, the analyst described how Dogecoin had exhibited a pronounced rise, after which he saw “the first A correction and after that we got a B higher high,…

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been the subject of several bearish narratives this week in analyst notes. However, Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley countered those notes with a new communication to investors late this week that looks at the big picture. Of the three analyst notes we’ve covered this week, two have described lackluster outlooks for Tesla’s future. As demand begins to slightly reduce in speed and Tesla gears up for a “notably lower” growth phase due to its focus on the next-generation platform, which will be released next year, analysts are concerned about the stock’s future. However, not every analyst…

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon? by Ian Whittaker | Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 The Artemis program has been Nasa’s best chance to get “boots on the Moon” again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisation, will they end up abandoning or pushing back lunar missions? For example, there’s been speculation that returning US president Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which…

What your chicken wings cost this year, comparativelyIf you’re a fan of pairing your football with some chicken wings, your wallet will be taking less of a hit this year than usual. Despite the bird flu outbreak, which has decimated egg-laying flocks, chickens raised for meat have been mostly unaffected.Inflation on an annual basis for fresh and frozen chicken parts is hovering just above 1% nationwide, according to the most recent consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about half the national average for the overall CPI.However, previous bouts of inflation mean that chicken prices are…

The Boring Company’s proof-of-concept LA tunnel is almost done, according to recent social media updates from Elon Musk. In a series of announcements on Thursday, Musk provided a teaser video of the startup’s 2.7-mile proof-of-concept tunnel, as well as updates about the Boring Co.’s DC to New York and LA to San Francisco projects. Musk’s Boring Company updates on Thursday started with an announcement that the company’s tunnel under Los Angeles is nearly complete. Musk uploaded a video of the tunnel on his Instagram page, where he stated that the project is just pending final regulatory approvals. The Tesla and…